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General News: River View Run FInds Its Pace
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| Michael Kelly running in the race. |
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| Celso Lojano, the overall winner in the 5K run, coming over the mountain. |
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| This young runner kept up with the Army runners as they came uphill. |
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| Cate Lynch, who designed the race logo, ran with her father in what she called a bonding time. |
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| Volunteers (from l. to r.) Maureen Wallace, Sue Boccard, Judy Garces, Ellen Kelly, Phil DeAngelo, Tina DeAngelo and Christine Olazagasti. |
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| The Plaut family ran, walked and supported the Kellys' effort. |
September 26, 2010
A road race in Cornwall-on-Hudson on Saturday raised $13,000 for Parksinson’s disease research and brought a family even closer together as they planned the details and called on friends to make their dream a success.
Mike Kelly, a local contractor who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s five years ago, started running as part of an exercise regimen that helps slow the onset of the degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Last year he ran the New York City Marathon with his daughter, Jennie, and earlier this year he decided to organize a local race in the village.
River View Run Takes Form
Last spring, Mike Kelly got permission from the village board to hold the 5K/10K race along Route 218 as it winds under Storm King Mountain. He called it River View Run.
Kelly knew he could count on his wife, Ellen, who runs Smitchger Realty, and his children, Jenny, Mary and Michael, all in their ‘20s, to help organize the race. More friends from the Powelton Club in Newburgh wanted to contribute to the effort, people like Phil and Tina DeAngelo, whose mother has Parkinson’s as well. Some forty local businesses and individuals chipped in goods and services for the day.
Jennie Kelly, who is studying to be a physician’s assistant in New York City, rounded up her running buddies in a group called the Dashing Whippets. Team Fox, a project of the Michael J. Foundation that sponsors teams around the country, helped fill a bus of people who came up for the race on Saturday in a bus donated by West Point Tours.
More than 200 Runners and Walkers Took Part
Runners from throughout the Hudson Valley also signed up for the race, some looking forward to a chance to compete on the challenging uphill course and others happy to walk the course and admire the beautiful view of the Hudson River.
Mary Kelly took charge of the spreadsheets as race day near, assigning volunteers to get water or apples for the runners or hold mile marker signs and cheer along the route. The Kellys hired an official timer and prepared awards to the top three runners overall and in each age group. Everybody got a t-shirt thanks to the Focus
On race day, local residents like the Plaut family and Beth Strader and her 12-year-old son came out to be part of the inaugural River View Run. Some came focused on their time and performance; others focused on being part of a fundraiser for a good cause. Runners from the U.S. Military Academy often set the front pace and after the race they could be seen running back up the hill to West Point.
Better Than Expected Turnout
When the final walker crossed the finish line, Mike Kelly said the race was better than he ever thought it could be. Despite the day’s success, Kelly says he is not going to rest. He is training to participate again in the New York City Marathon in just five weeks.
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Wish I had known about the race. My mom has Parkinson's and I would have loved to be a part of something positive in such a devastating syndrome. I will look for this next year.
posted by Alexandra Figueiredo on 09/27/10 at 9:37 AM
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